First Evangelical Church of Cerritos
First Evangelical Church of Cerritos is a licensed child care center in Cerritos, CA, licensed for up to 87 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 10 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #9 of 9 centers in Cerritos and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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101238 (a)The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evvidence by Per licensee, they will complete the required training and provide a training for staff on identifying safety concerns and provide LPA J. Culbert proof of both trainings by plan of correction date. Based on record review and interview, LPA observed that the facility was cited twice, once for not providing safe drinking water and for bathroom floor being wet due to a plumbing issues. Also staff admit to using bleach and water to clean, but LPA did not observe the required training cert. 8
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and children's bedding are stored inside of individual pillow cases that are the same. LPA observed that pillow cases were placed on the sheet of top cop making some childrens pillow cases come in contact with used bedding which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and LPA observed a trash bin with enough water gathered inside of it to fill the grooves around the bottom edge of the bin. Per facility representative, the water inside of the bin was from cleaning which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Based on record reiew, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of eight staff are missing twelve postsecdonary semester of equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed.at accredited or approved college or university. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record reiew, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and durnig record review LPA observed that child 1 is missing physician report form, LIC 701, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, LPA observed that the bathroom floor in room was wet on 05/21/2025, 06/16/2025, and 06/24/2025. Water appeared to be coming up from underneath floor tile when tile was stepped on. Per facility representative, continous flushing cause the water to come out in wet the floor. This is potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
No Citation issued under this regulation
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and water container used to refill children's water bottles had a blotchy gray to black discoloration covering the inside of lid which poses an immediate health and safety to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, staff #3, #4,  did not have the required immunization record fo influenza, pertussis, and measles which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. All center staff failed to complete the required mandated reporter online training for child abuse which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility is not clean and safe
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About this center
Common questions
Does First Evangelical Church of Cerritos take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has First Evangelical Church of Cerritos had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 21, 2025, for buildings and grounds. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about First Evangelical Church of Cerritos?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does First Evangelical Church of Cerritos compare with other daycares in Cerritos?
It is #9 of 9 centers in Cerritos by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was First Evangelical Church of Cerritos last inspected?
May 21, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does First Evangelical Church of Cerritos cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask First Evangelical Church of Cerritos for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Cerritos, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs First Evangelical Church of Cerritos?
The licensee is First Evangelical Church Of Cerritos, and the administrator listed with the state is Grace Chin Lee Lin.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 198005309 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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